Perry

I'm kinda reading something furry? I guess? That's fine. It's not my thing, but I was one of those little girls with a crush on Disney's Robin Hood and Justin from the Secret of NIMH (most likely because I wanted to BE them). We have in Unnatural anthropomorphized animals in a sort of fascist society. Fascist at least as far as reproduction goes. Interspecies relations are illegal, and homosexuality is frowned upon. Because procreation! Our hero, Leslie, has just turned 25 and is slated to go to the fascist reproduction association to find herself a viable match. But she keeps having erotic dreams of a white wolf. She herself is a voluptuous pig. So this is sort of slice-of-life alternative animal universe of greatness.

And I loved it. The art is gorgeous. The story is fun. It reminds me of all the things I read or watched as a child, but the grown up version. So I totally was happy for more.

The true tale of the cells of the human body at work, fighting off pneumonia, influenza, and allergies!
May be dramatized for effect.

I couldn't find the actual PB edition, so I'll just leave it as the Kindle one.

This was pretty fun. The sneeze missile was probably my favorite thing. And one learns about the cells of the human body. Or, y'know, in my case, relearns because it's been a while since I've learned this stuff, and I've forgotten most of it.

An amusing trifle in which characters plan and try to do many things; but, ultimately, in which nothing much is done or needs to be done, much like the main character Lionel's poetry ideas: Talked about and never executed. I was never bored, and I enjoyed the silliness.

2.5 stars. I was less bored and liked him a little bit more. My favorite character is still the cat, though.

So. I don't read memoirs. I've very little interest in them, usually. But, come on. I HAD to read Grace Jones'. So when my partner was finished, I picked it up out of curiosity–and discovered some lovely writing. So lovely that I decided I should read it.

Grace is a very interesting person. A contradictory person. Strong and vulnerable, confident and uncertain. A person mostly interested in discovering the new, in recreating herself constantly. She is also a bit paranoid and prone to unfortunate relationships, and prone to having men issues. It's interesting that a woman with such a strong personality often gets mucked up by her relationships with men. And it's peculiar, to me, as a Millennial, that such a fierce woman has a fairly gendered view of men and women, that in some ways, she's old-fashioned in her view of gender and sex.

That being said, she's fascinating and intelligent. Her stories of her childhood are chilling, and I loved looking at pop-cultural history through the eyes of someone who lived it. And the history of her home, Jamaica.

Even though this book took the longest time to read all year, and I'm not into memoirs, I still quite enjoyed it.